Where does “yíní-” come from?

yíní- (Navajo) comes from Navajo yi-, from Navajo ní-, from Navajo ł-, from Proto-Athabaskan *-ɬ — Forms instrumental nouns from verbs.

yíní- (Navajo): directed at

Definitions

  1. directed at

Ancestry of “yíní-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajoyi-night, dawn
2Navajoní-forms the comparative form of neuter imperfective verbs
3Navajoł-the
4Proto-Athabaskan*-ɬForms instrumental nouns from verbs

Words derived from “yíní-”

Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-ɬ →Every word from Navajo ní- →Every word from Navajo yi- →